Her Excellency Mrs. Samira Bawumia, the Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana, will be the guest of honour at this year’s edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). Mrs. Bawumia brings grace to WAMECA 2022...
- October 6, 2022
The MFWA is delighted to announce the jury for the 2022 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Awards. The jury, made up of distinguished and experienced media experts in Africa, will assess and shortlist deserving entries and also determine...
- August 3, 2022
When the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) closed the call for entries for this year’s West Africa Media Conference and Awards, 952 entries had been received. The entries for the Awards were filed by journalists from about 450 media...
- July 7, 2022
In 2018, Adam Alqali, Editor of African Newspage in Nigeria, emerged winner of the SDGs reporting category of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). He picked up the award at the WAMECA event held in October that...
- June 16, 2022
A Fundação dos Media para a África Ocidental (MFWA) está a solicitar submissões de reportagens para a 6ª edição da Conferência e Prémios de Excelência dos Media da África Ocidental (WAMECA). A WAMECA 2022 terá lugar de 20 a 22...
- May 5, 2022
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is calling for entries for the 6th edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). WAMECA 2022 will be held from October 20 – 22 in Accra, Ghana, and will focus on the theme: Media and...
- May 2, 2022
For far too long, women and girls in Africa have endured discrimination and inequalities in nearly all spheres of life. Across Africa, women and girls have far fewer opportunities than men and boys in access to education, health, wealth, technology,...
- February 21, 2022
The applause was loud and took time to die down when two journalists, Kwetey Nartey of Ghana and Samad Uthman of Nigeria, were announced joint winners of the West Africa Journalists of the Year 2021. With their works too close...
- November 8, 2021
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has announced the list of finalists for the 2021 edition of the prestigious West Africa Media Excellence Awards (WAMECA 2021). This year’s event, the 5th edition, will be held on Friday, October 22, at...
- October 6, 2021
When West Africa’s biggest journalism event comes off on Friday, October 22, 2021, in Ghana, it would be a celebration of an impressive milestone – the five-year anniversary of the prestigious West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). For...
- October 5, 2021
The 2021 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) will host renowned human rights lawyer and West Africa’s foremost media defence lawyer, Femi Falana, as the guest of honour. Femi Falana is a legal practitioner and...
- September 16, 2021
